The effects of bilateral simulated knee flexion contracture on posturalstability in elderly
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Knee Flexion Contracture.acquired deformities of limbs
- Registration Number
- IRCT201204089412N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Vice Chancellor for Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion critria: age of 60 or older; ability to stand upright for60 second; ability to walk independently and without any assistant device; no history of fall even for once even last year; normal or corrected vision; no contractures in both lower limbs; no history of in surgry lower extrimity or joint replacement
exclusion critria: acute and subacute neuromuscular or orthopedic disease; prespective- cognitive impairment with mini mental status assessment questionary score of 24 or less; history of fracture or sprain in lower limbs; vestibular disease such as dissiness.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body Center of Pressure. Timepoint: In Time of Test. Method of measurement: path lenght,area, mean velocity , mean velocity AP , mean velocity ML, mean amplitude AP , mean amplitude ML from force plate was recorded.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method